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0.35em;background-size:1.5em;background-repeat:no-repeat}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .unsolved{clear:right;float:right;max-width:25%}}.mw-parser-output .unsolved-label{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .unsolved-body{margin:0.35em;font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .unsolved-more{font-size:smaller}</style> </p> <div role="note" aria-labelledby="unsolved-label-mathematics" class="unsolved"> <div><span class="unsolved-label" id="unsolved-label-mathematics">Unsolved problem in mathematics</span>:</div> <div class="unsolved-body">Do all aliquot sequences eventually end with a prime number, a perfect number, or a set of amicable or sociable numbers? (Catalan's aliquot sequence conjecture)</div> <div class="unsolved-more"><a href="/wiki/List_of_unsolved_problems_in_mathematics" title="List of unsolved problems in mathematics">(more unsolved problems in mathematics)</a></div> </div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Mathematics" title="Mathematics">mathematics</a>, an <b>aliquot sequence</b> is a sequence of positive integers in which each term is the sum of the <a href="/wiki/Proper_divisor" class="mw-redirect" title="Proper divisor">proper divisors</a> of the previous term. If the sequence reaches the number 1, it ends, since the sum of the proper divisors of 1 is 0. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Definition_and_overview">Definition and overview</h2></div> <p>The <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aliquot" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:aliquot">aliquot</a> sequence starting with a positive integer <span class="texhtml mvar" style="font-style:italic;">k</span> can be defined formally in terms of the <a href="/wiki/Divisor_function" title="Divisor function">sum-of-divisors function</a> <span class="texhtml"><i>σ</i><sub>1</sub></span> or the <a href="/wiki/Aliquot_sum" title="Aliquot sum">aliquot sum</a> function <span class="texhtml mvar" style="font-style:italic;">s</span> in the following way:<sup id="cite_ref-mw_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mw-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-display mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math display="block" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}s_{0}&=k\\[4pt]s_{n}&=s(s_{n-1})=\sigma _{1}(s_{n-1})-s_{n-1}\quad {\text{if}}\quad s_{n-1}>0\\[4pt]s_{n}&=0\quad {\text{if}}\quad s_{n-1}=0\\[4pt]s(0)&={\text{undefined}}\end{aligned}}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtable columnalign="right left right left right left right left right left right left" rowspacing="0.7em 0.7em 0.7em 0.3em" columnspacing="0em 2em 0em 2em 0em 2em 0em 2em 0em 2em 0em" displaystyle="true"> <mtr> <mtd> <msub> <mi>s</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>0</mn> </mrow> </msub> </mtd> <mtd> <mi></mi> <mo>=</mo> <mi>k</mi> </mtd> </mtr> <mtr> <mtd> <msub> <mi>s</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>n</mi> </mrow> </msub> </mtd> <mtd> <mi></mi> <mo>=</mo> <mi>s</mi> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <msub> <mi>s</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>n</mi> <mo>−<!-- − --></mo> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mo>=</mo> <msub> <mi>σ<!-- σ --></mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <msub> <mi>s</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>n</mi> <mo>−<!-- − --></mo> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mo>−<!-- − --></mo> <msub> <mi>s</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>n</mi> <mo>−<!-- − --></mo> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mspace width="1em" /> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>if</mtext> </mrow> <mspace width="1em" /> <msub> <mi>s</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>n</mi> <mo>−<!-- − --></mo> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mo>></mo> <mn>0</mn> </mtd> </mtr> <mtr> <mtd> <msub> <mi>s</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>n</mi> </mrow> </msub> </mtd> <mtd> <mi></mi> <mo>=</mo> <mn>0</mn> <mspace width="1em" /> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>if</mtext> </mrow> <mspace width="1em" /> <msub> <mi>s</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>n</mi> <mo>−<!-- − --></mo> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mo>=</mo> <mn>0</mn> </mtd> </mtr> <mtr> <mtd> <mi>s</mi> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mn>0</mn> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> </mtd> <mtd> <mi></mi> <mo>=</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>undefined</mtext> </mrow> </mtd> </mtr> </mtable> </mrow> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}s_{0}&=k\\[4pt]s_{n}&=s(s_{n-1})=\sigma _{1}(s_{n-1})-s_{n-1}\quad {\text{if}}\quad s_{n-1}>0\\[4pt]s_{n}&=0\quad {\text{if}}\quad s_{n-1}=0\\[4pt]s(0)&={\text{undefined}}\end{aligned}}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/10966fe8df0b3042041fe3e8f5171ecf894eac8f" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-display mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -6.838ex; width:48.844ex; height:14.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}s_{0}&=k\\[4pt]s_{n}&=s(s_{n-1})=\sigma _{1}(s_{n-1})-s_{n-1}\quad {\text{if}}\quad s_{n-1}>0\\[4pt]s_{n}&=0\quad {\text{if}}\quad s_{n-1}=0\\[4pt]s(0)&={\text{undefined}}\end{aligned}}}"></span> If the <span class="texhtml"><i>s</i><sub><i>n</i>-1</sub> = 0</span> condition is added, then the terms after 0 are all 0, and all aliquot sequences would be infinite, and we can conjecture that all aliquot sequences are <a href="/wiki/Limit_(mathematics)" title="Limit (mathematics)">convergent</a>, the limit of these sequences are usually 0 or 6. </p><p>For example, the aliquot sequence of 10 is <span class="nowrap">10, 8, 7, 1, 0</span> because: </p><p><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-display mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math display="block" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}\sigma _{1}(10)-10&=5+2+1=8,\\[4pt]\sigma _{1}(8)-8&=4+2+1=7,\\[4pt]\sigma _{1}(7)-7&=1,\\[4pt]\sigma _{1}(1)-1&=0.\end{aligned}}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtable columnalign="right left right left right left right left right left right left" rowspacing="0.7em 0.7em 0.7em 0.3em" columnspacing="0em 2em 0em 2em 0em 2em 0em 2em 0em 2em 0em" displaystyle="true"> <mtr> <mtd> <msub> <mi>σ<!-- σ --></mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mn>10</mn> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mo>−<!-- − --></mo> <mn>10</mn> </mtd> <mtd> <mi></mi> <mo>=</mo> <mn>5</mn> <mo>+</mo> <mn>2</mn> <mo>+</mo> <mn>1</mn> <mo>=</mo> <mn>8</mn> <mo>,</mo> </mtd> </mtr> <mtr> <mtd> <msub> <mi>σ<!-- σ --></mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mn>8</mn> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mo>−<!-- − --></mo> <mn>8</mn> </mtd> <mtd> <mi></mi> <mo>=</mo> <mn>4</mn> <mo>+</mo> <mn>2</mn> <mo>+</mo> <mn>1</mn> <mo>=</mo> <mn>7</mn> <mo>,</mo> </mtd> </mtr> <mtr> <mtd> <msub> <mi>σ<!-- σ --></mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mn>7</mn> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mo>−<!-- − --></mo> <mn>7</mn> </mtd> <mtd> <mi></mi> <mo>=</mo> <mn>1</mn> <mo>,</mo> </mtd> </mtr> <mtr> <mtd> <msub> <mi>σ<!-- σ --></mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mn>1</mn> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mo>−<!-- − --></mo> <mn>1</mn> </mtd> <mtd> <mi></mi> <mo>=</mo> <mn>0.</mn> </mtd> </mtr> </mtable> </mrow> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}\sigma _{1}(10)-10&=5+2+1=8,\\[4pt]\sigma _{1}(8)-8&=4+2+1=7,\\[4pt]\sigma _{1}(7)-7&=1,\\[4pt]\sigma _{1}(1)-1&=0.\end{aligned}}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/da312fbc77fa014a3288a960a0df3cbfac46d534" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-display mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -7.005ex; width:29.607ex; height:15.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}\sigma _{1}(10)-10&=5+2+1=8,\\[4pt]\sigma _{1}(8)-8&=4+2+1=7,\\[4pt]\sigma _{1}(7)-7&=1,\\[4pt]\sigma _{1}(1)-1&=0.\end{aligned}}}"></span> </p><p>Many aliquot sequences terminate at zero; all such sequences necessarily end with a <a href="/wiki/Prime_number" title="Prime number">prime number</a> followed by 1 (since the only proper divisor of a prime is 1), followed by 0 (since 1 has no proper divisors). See (sequence <span class="nowrap external"><a href="//oeis.org/A080907" class="extiw" title="oeis:A080907">A080907</a></span> in the <a href="/wiki/On-Line_Encyclopedia_of_Integer_Sequences" title="On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences">OEIS</a>) for a list of such numbers up to 75. There are a variety of ways in which an aliquot sequence might not terminate: </p> <ul><li>A <a href="/wiki/Perfect_number" title="Perfect number">perfect number</a> has a repeating aliquot sequence of period 1. The aliquot sequence of 6, for example, is <span class="nowrap">6, 6, 6, 6, ...</span></li> <li>An <a href="/wiki/Amicable_number" class="mw-redirect" title="Amicable number">amicable number</a> has a repeating aliquot sequence of period 2. For instance, the aliquot sequence of 220 is <span class="nowrap">220, 284, 220, 284, ...</span></li> <li>A <a href="/wiki/Sociable_number" title="Sociable number">sociable number</a> has a repeating aliquot sequence of period 3 or greater. (Sometimes the term <i>sociable number</i> is used to encompass amicable numbers as well.) For instance, the aliquot sequence of 1264460 is <span class="nowrap">1264460, 1547860, 1727636, 1305184, 1264460, ...</span></li> <li>Some numbers have an aliquot sequence which is eventually periodic, but the number itself is not perfect, amicable, or sociable. For instance, the aliquot sequence of 95 is <span class="nowrap">95, 25, 6, 6, 6, 6, ...</span> Numbers like 95 that are not perfect, but have an eventually repeating aliquot sequence of period 1 are called <b>aspiring numbers</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> <caption class="nowrap">Aliquot sequences from 0 to 47 </caption> <tbody><tr> <th><span class="texhtml mvar" style="font-style:italic;">n</span></th> <th>Aliquot sequence of <span class="texhtml mvar" style="font-style:italic;">n</span></th> <th>Length (<span class="nowrap external"><a href="/wiki/On-Line_Encyclopedia_of_Integer_Sequences" title="On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences">OEIS</a>: <a href="//oeis.org/A098007" class="extiw" title="oeis:A098007">A098007</a></span>) </th></tr> <tr> <th>0 </th> <td>0</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td>1, 0</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td>2, 1, 0</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td>3, 1, 0</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td>4, 3, 1, 0</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td>5, 1, 0</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td>6</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td>7, 1, 0</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td>8, 7, 1, 0</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td>9, 4, 3, 1, 0</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td>10, 8, 7, 1, 0</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td>11, 1, 0</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td>12, 16, 15, 9, 4, 3, 1, 0</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <th>13 </th> <td>13, 1, 0</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th>14 </th> <td>14, 10, 8, 7, 1, 0</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <th>15 </th> <td>15, 9, 4, 3, 1, 0</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <th>16 </th> <td>16, 15, 9, 4, 3, 1, 0</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <th>17 </th> <td>17, 1, 0</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th>18 </th> <td>18, 21, 11, 1, 0</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <th>19 </th> <td>19, 1, 0</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th>20 </th> <td>20, 22, 14, 10, 8, 7, 1, 0</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <th>21 </th> <td>21, 11, 1, 0</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <th>22 </th> <td>22, 14, 10, 8, 7, 1, 0</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <th>23 </th> <td>23, 1, 0</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th>24 </th> <td>24, 36, 55, 17, 1, 0</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <th>25 </th> <td>25, 6</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <th>26 </th> <td>26, 16, 15, 9, 4, 3, 1, 0</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <th>27 </th> <td>27, 13, 1, 0</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <th>28 </th> <td>28</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th>29 </th> <td>29, 1, 0</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th>30 </th> <td>30, 42, 54, 66, 78, 90, 144, 259, 45, 33, 15, 9, 4, 3, 1, 0</td> <td>16 </td></tr> <tr> <th>31 </th> <td>31, 1, 0</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th>32 </th> <td>32, 31, 1, 0</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <th>33 </th> <td>33, 15, 9, 4, 3, 1, 0</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <th>34 </th> <td>34, 20, 22, 14, 10, 8, 7, 1, 0</td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <th>35 </th> <td>35, 13, 1, 0</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <th>36 </th> <td>36, 55, 17, 1, 0</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <th>37 </th> <td>37, 1, 0</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th>38 </th> <td>38, 22, 14, 10, 8, 7, 1, 0</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <th>39 </th> <td>39, 17, 1, 0</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <th>40 </th> <td>40, 50, 43, 1, 0</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <th>41 </th> <td>41, 1, 0</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th>42 </th> <td>42, 54, 66, 78, 90, 144, 259, 45, 33, 15, 9, 4, 3, 1, 0</td> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr> <th>43 </th> <td>43, 1, 0</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th>44 </th> <td>44, 40, 50, 43, 1, 0</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <th>45 </th> <td>45, 33, 15, 9, 4, 3, 1, 0</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <th>46 </th> <td>46, 26, 16, 15, 9, 4, 3, 1, 0</td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <th>47 </th> <td>47, 1, 0</td> <td>3 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The lengths of the aliquot sequences that start at <span class="texhtml mvar" style="font-style:italic;">n</span> are </p> <dl><dd>1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 2, 7, 2, 5, 5, 6, 2, 4, 2, 7, 3, 6, 2, 5, 1, 7, 3, 1, 2, 15, 2, 3, 6, 8, 3, 4, 2, 7, 3, 4, 2, 14, 2, 5, 7, 8, 2, 6, 4, 3, ... (sequence <span class="nowrap external"><a href="//oeis.org/A044050" class="extiw" title="oeis:A044050">A044050</a></span> in the <a href="/wiki/On-Line_Encyclopedia_of_Integer_Sequences" title="On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences">OEIS</a>)</dd></dl> <p>The final terms (excluding 1) of the aliquot sequences that start at <span class="texhtml mvar" style="font-style:italic;">n</span> are </p> <dl><dd>1, 2, 3, 3, 5, 6, 7, 7, 3, 7, 11, 3, 13, 7, 3, 3, 17, 11, 19, 7, 11, 7, 23, 17, 6, 3, 13, 28, 29, 3, 31, 31, 3, 7, 13, 17, 37, 7, 17, 43, 41, 3, 43, 43, 3, 3, 47, 41, 7, 43, ... (sequence <span class="nowrap external"><a href="//oeis.org/A115350" class="extiw" title="oeis:A115350">A115350</a></span> in the <a href="/wiki/On-Line_Encyclopedia_of_Integer_Sequences" title="On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences">OEIS</a>)</dd></dl> <p>Numbers whose aliquot sequence terminates in 1 are </p> <dl><dd>1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, ... (sequence <span class="nowrap external"><a href="//oeis.org/A080907" class="extiw" title="oeis:A080907">A080907</a></span> in the <a href="/wiki/On-Line_Encyclopedia_of_Integer_Sequences" title="On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences">OEIS</a>)</dd></dl> <p>Numbers whose aliquot sequence known to terminate in a <a href="/wiki/Perfect_number" title="Perfect number">perfect number</a>, other than perfect numbers themselves (6, 28, 496, ...), are </p> <dl><dd>25, 95, 119, 143, 417, 445, 565, 608, 650, 652, 675, 685, 783, 790, 909, 913, ... (sequence <span class="nowrap external"><a href="//oeis.org/A063769" class="extiw" title="oeis:A063769">A063769</a></span> in the <a href="/wiki/On-Line_Encyclopedia_of_Integer_Sequences" title="On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences">OEIS</a>)</dd></dl> <p>Numbers whose aliquot sequence terminates in a cycle with length at least 2 are </p> <dl><dd>220, 284, 562, 1064, 1184, 1188, 1210, 1308, 1336, 1380, 1420, 1490, 1604, 1690, 1692, 1772, 1816, 1898, 2008, 2122, 2152, 2172, 2362, ... (sequence <span class="nowrap external"><a href="//oeis.org/A121507" class="extiw" title="oeis:A121507">A121507</a></span> in the <a href="/wiki/On-Line_Encyclopedia_of_Integer_Sequences" title="On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences">OEIS</a>)</dd></dl> <p>Numbers whose aliquot sequence is not known to be finite or eventually periodic are </p> <dl><dd>276, 306, 396, 552, 564, 660, 696, 780, 828, 888, 966, 996, 1074, 1086, 1098, 1104, 1134, 1218, 1302, 1314, 1320, 1338, 1350, 1356, 1392, 1398, 1410, 1464, 1476, 1488, ... (sequence <span class="nowrap external"><a href="//oeis.org/A131884" class="extiw" title="oeis:A131884">A131884</a></span> in the <a href="/wiki/On-Line_Encyclopedia_of_Integer_Sequences" title="On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences">OEIS</a>)</dd></dl> <p>A number that is never the successor in an aliquot sequence is called an <a href="/wiki/Untouchable_number" title="Untouchable number">untouchable number</a>. </p> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/2_(number)" class="mw-redirect" title="2 (number)">2</a>, <a href="/wiki/5_(number)" class="mw-redirect" title="5 (number)">5</a>, <a href="/wiki/52_(number)" title="52 (number)">52</a>, <a href="/wiki/88_(number)" title="88 (number)">88</a>, <a href="/wiki/96_(number)" title="96 (number)">96</a>, <a href="/wiki/120_(number)" title="120 (number)">120</a>, <a href="/wiki/124_(number)" title="124 (number)">124</a>, <a href="/wiki/146_(number)" title="146 (number)">146</a>, <a href="/wiki/162_(number)" title="162 (number)">162</a>, <a href="/wiki/188_(number)" title="188 (number)">188</a>, <a href="/wiki/206_(number)" title="206 (number)">206</a>, <a href="/wiki/210_(number)" title="210 (number)">210</a>, <a href="/wiki/216_(number)" title="216 (number)">216</a>, <a href="/wiki/238_(number)" title="238 (number)">238</a>, <a href="/wiki/246_(number)" title="246 (number)">246</a>, <a href="/wiki/248_(number)" title="248 (number)">248</a>, 262, 268, <a href="/wiki/276_(number)" title="276 (number)">276</a>, <a href="/wiki/288_(number)" title="288 (number)">288</a>, <a href="/wiki/290_(number)" title="290 (number)">290</a>, 292, 304, 306, 322, 324, 326, 336, 342, 372, 406, 408, 426, 430, 448, 472, 474, 498, ... (sequence <span class="nowrap external"><a href="//oeis.org/A005114" class="extiw" title="oeis:A005114">A005114</a></span> in the <a href="/wiki/On-Line_Encyclopedia_of_Integer_Sequences" title="On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences">OEIS</a>)</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Catalan–Dickson_conjecture"><span id="Catalan.E2.80.93Dickson_conjecture"></span>Catalan–Dickson conjecture</h2></div> <p>An important <a href="/wiki/Conjecture" title="Conjecture">conjecture</a> due to <a href="/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Charles_Catalan" title="Eugène Charles Catalan">Catalan</a>, sometimes called the Catalan–<a href="/wiki/Leonard_Eugene_Dickson" title="Leonard Eugene Dickson">Dickson</a> conjecture, is that every aliquot sequence ends in one of the above ways: with a prime number, a perfect number, or a set of amicable or sociable numbers.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The alternative would be that a number exists whose aliquot sequence is infinite yet never repeats. Any one of the many numbers whose aliquot sequences have not been fully determined might be such a number. The first five candidate numbers are often called the <b>Lehmer five</b> (named after <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Henry_Lehmer" class="mw-redirect" title="Derrick Henry Lehmer">D.H. Lehmer</a>): <a href="/wiki/276_(number)" title="276 (number)">276</a>, 552, 564, 660, and 966.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, it is worth noting that 276 may reach a high apex in its aliquot sequence and then descend; the number 138 reaches a peak of 179931895322 before returning to 1. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Richard_K._Guy" title="Richard K. Guy">Guy</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Selfridge" title="John Selfridge">Selfridge</a> believe the Catalan–Dickson conjecture is false (so they conjecture some aliquot sequences are <a href="/wiki/Bounded_function" title="Bounded function">unbounded</a> above (i.e., diverge)).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Systematically_searching_for_aliquot_sequences">Systematically searching for aliquot sequences</h2></div> <p>The aliquot sequence can be represented as a <a href="/wiki/Directed_graph" title="Directed graph">directed graph</a>, <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle G_{n,s}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>G</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>n</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>s</mi> </mrow> </msub> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle G_{n,s}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/feb647f8d64df5cc70abfd55ff8b9029b5415b65" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -1.005ex; width:4.274ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle G_{n,s}}"></span>, for a given integer <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle n}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>n</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle n}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/a601995d55609f2d9f5e233e36fbe9ea26011b3b" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.395ex; height:1.676ex;" alt="{\displaystyle n}"></span>, where <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle s(k)}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>s</mi> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>k</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle s(k)}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/d588236e5ce92331acd2415671cbab71e90cd985" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:4.111ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle s(k)}"></span> denotes the sum of the proper divisors of <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle k}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>k</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle k}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/c3c9a2c7b599b37105512c5d570edc034056dd40" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.211ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle k}"></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Cycle_(graph_theory)" title="Cycle (graph theory)">Cycles</a> in <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle G_{n,s}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>G</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>n</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>s</mi> </mrow> </msub> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle G_{n,s}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/feb647f8d64df5cc70abfd55ff8b9029b5415b65" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -1.005ex; width:4.274ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle G_{n,s}}"></span> represent sociable numbers within the interval <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle [1,n]}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mo stretchy="false">[</mo> <mn>1</mn> <mo>,</mo> <mi>n</mi> <mo stretchy="false">]</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle [1,n]}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/7c79af450e22e8fd23f28e6be4cb23a47b24c1ba" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:4.885ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle [1,n]}"></span>. 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Pedersen)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.aliquot.de/aliquote.htm">Aliquot Page</a> (Wolfgang Creyaufmüller)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://christophe.clavier.free.fr/Aliquot/site/Aliquot.html">Aliquot sequences</a> (Christophe Clavier)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mersenneforum.org/forumdisplay.php?f=90">Forum on calculating aliquot sequences</a> (MersenneForum)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rieselprime.de/Others/Aliquot000.htm">Aliquot sequence summary page for sequences up to 100000 (there are similar pages for higher ranges)</a> (Karsten Bonath)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.aliquotes.com">Active research site on aliquot sequences</a> (Jean-Luc Garambois) <span class="languageicon">(in French)</span></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output 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style="width:1%">With many divisors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abundant_number" title="Abundant number">Abundant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Primitive_abundant_number" title="Primitive abundant number">Primitive abundant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highly_abundant_number" title="Highly abundant number">Highly abundant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superabundant_number" title="Superabundant number">Superabundant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colossally_abundant_number" title="Colossally abundant number">Colossally abundant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highly_composite_number" title="Highly composite number">Highly composite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superior_highly_composite_number" title="Superior highly composite number">Superior highly composite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weird_number" title="Weird number">Weird</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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